Aileen Nielsen
Software Engineer, Skillman Consulting

Aileen Nielsen works at an early-stage NYC startup that has something to do with time series data and neural networks. Previously, Aileen worked at corporate law firms, physics research labs, a variety of NYC tech startups, and most recently, the mobile health platform One Drop as well as on Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Her interests range from defensive software engineering to UX designs for reducing cognitive load to the interplay between law and technology. She also serves as chair of the New York City Bar Association’s Science and Law Committee, which focuses on how the latest developments in science and computing should be regulated and how such developments should inform existing legal practices. Aileen is a frequent speaker at machine learning conferences on both technical and legal subjects.

There is mounting evidence that the widespread deployment of machine learning and artificial intelligence in business and government applications is reproducing or even amplifying existing prejudices and social inequalities. Aileen Nielsen demonstrates how to identify and avoid bias and other unfairness in your analyses.
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